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              ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
      OF THE
      NAACP

NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION
FOR THE
ADVANCEMENT
OF 
COLORED
PEOPLE

MARCH 12 1959 -- 8:00PM

GEORGE CHURCHILL JUNIOR
HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM

p. 2
ORGANIZATIONAL CO-CHAIRMAN
   Mr. Sydney Finley Jr.
   Rev. Wilfred Reid

ORGANIZATIONAL SECRETARY
   Mrs. Iona Hendricks

REGISTRARS
   Mrs. Frances Beverly
   Mrs. G. S. Eik
   Mrs. Mary Lou Finley
   Mrs. Michael Gravine
   Mrs. Kenneth Henderson
   Mrs. Fred McGill

      *********

USHERS
   Mrs. Immogene Allen
   Mr. Larry Hendricks Jr. 
   Miss Joyce Murrell
   Miss Willa Ruth Roberson
   Miss Ivy Wilder
   Miss Lena Wilson   
   Miss Louise Wilson
   Mr. Donald Wright
   Miss Patricia Wright

      *********
Mr. Sydney Finley Jr. presiding over 
         program

      *********

Memberships may be mailed at a later date 
to Mr. S. C. Finley, 264 Holton St., Gales-
burg [Galesburg] or to Rev. Wildred Reid, 593 West Tom-
kins Street, Galesburg, Illinois.
      *********
Opening Prayer ............... Rev. C.L. Coleman
		Pastor, 2nd Baptist Church

"The Changing Negro
In America" .............Dr. J.Howell Atwood
   Chairman of Sociology & Anthropology,
		Know College

"Accomplishments and Practices Of
The N.A.A.C.P. In Peoria ........Mr. H. Sephus
		President, Peoria NAACP

"Why Should We Join
The N.A.A.C.P.?"...............Vivian Wood
   Speaker from Chicago N.A.A.C.P. Branch

Questions & Discussion ......Group Participation

      *************** 
      Intermission
N.A.A.C.P. Memberships Accepted by Registrars
   At Rear Of Auditorium
      ***************

"Future Of The Galesburg Negro"............
   Rev. Wilfred Reid, Pastor, Allen Chapel
	A.M.E. Church

Benediction ............... Rev. Louis Nance
	Pastor, Bethesda Baptist Church

      ***************
N.A.A.C.P. Memberships Accepted by Registrars
   At Rear Of Auditorium
      ***************

The next meeting of the N.A.A.C.P. will be
held at the Evangelical United Brethren 
Church, Knox and Day Street, on April 1, 1959
at 7:30 PM.
      J O I N  T H E  N. A. A. C. P.

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Title	Organizational Meeting of the NAACP program
Description	Program for the organizational meeting held March 12, 1959 of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Galesburg, Illinois chapter.
Subject	Organizations
Named Person	Coleman, Rev. C.L.; Atwood, Jesse Howell; Sephus, H.; Wood, Vivian; Reid, Rev. Wilfred; Nance, Rev. Louis; Finley, Sydney C.;
Time Period	1950s
Date Created (original)	March, 1959
Contributors	National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Type	Text
Format	pdf
Identifier	J. Howell Atwood Manuscript Collection (box 9)
Language	eng
Rights	See http://library.knox.edu/digitalcollections/rightsinfo.htm
Collection	Struggle and Progress-African Americans in Knox County, Illinois (Knox College)
Date Digital	2012-08-23
Transcript	ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING OF THE NAACP NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE MARCH 12 1959 -- 8:00PM GEORGE CHURCHILL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM p. 2 ORGANIZATIONAL CO-CHAIRMAN Mr. Sydney Finley Jr. Rev. Wilfred Reid ORGANIZATIONAL SECRETARY Mrs. Iona Hendricks REGISTRARS Mrs. Frances Beverly Mrs. G. S. Eik Mrs. Mary Lou Finley Mrs. Michael Gravine Mrs. Kenneth Henderson Mrs. Fred McGill ******* USHERS Mrs. Immogene Allen Mr. Larry Hendricks Jr. Miss Joyce Murrell Miss Willa Ruth Roberson Miss Ivy Wilder Miss Lena Wilson Miss Louise Wilson Mr. Donald Wright Miss Patricia Wright ***** Mr. Sydney Finley Jr. presiding over program ***** Memberships may be mailed at a later date to Mr. S. C. Finley, 264 Holton St., Gales- burg [Galesburg] or to Rev. Wildred Reid, 593 West Tom- kins Street, Galesburg, Illinois. ***** Opening Prayer ............... Rev. C.L. Coleman Pastor, 2nd Baptist Church "The Changing Negro In America" .............Dr. J.Howell Atwood Chairman of Sociology & Anthropology, Know College "Accomplishments and Practices Of The N.A.A.C.P. In Peoria ........Mr. H. Sephus President, Peoria NAACP "Why Should We Join The N.A.A.C.P.?"...............Vivian Wood Speaker from Chicago N.A.A.C.P. Branch Questions & Discussion ......Group Participation *********** Intermission N.A.A.C.P. Memberships Accepted by Registrars At Rear Of Auditorium *********** "Future Of The Galesburg Negro"............ Rev. Wilfred Reid, Pastor, Allen Chapel A.M.E. Church Benediction ............... Rev. Louis Nance Pastor, Bethesda Baptist Church *********** N.A.A.C.P. Memberships Accepted by Registrars At Rear Of Auditorium ************* The next meeting of the N.A.A.C.P. will be held at the Evangelical United Brethren Church, Knox and Day Street, on April 1, 1959 at 7:30 PM. J O I N T H E N. A. A. C. P.
Physical Description	8.5 x 11 inch folded sheet
Filename	Organizational Meeting of the NAACP program
Contact Information	Please contact the Knox College Special Collections and Archives via email at archives@knox.edu or phone 309-341-7392 if you have questions or need more information about this item.

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